The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-03
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.


AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local
a. r. Hammond, receiver Of the l., d. & S.
road, returned to New York last evening.
The Wabash earned the third week in Janu-
AIRY S9S 091 Increase over earnings correspond
Inc week, 1885, $l2, 124
The indianapolis car works turned out 378
new cars in the month of January, and did con-
siderable repairing to line cars beside.
Seventeen roads have already fallen into line
and announce that they have on sale weekend
tickets for the benefit of commercial men.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen has
paid to the widows of deceased members in Lo-
gansport, in the past nine months over 81 oUo
The l., b. e. w. road earned the third week in
January $47, 534. Decrease, as compared with
earnings the corresponding week, 1886, 81. o48
The Lake Erie g. Western is showing hand
some earnings. they increasing the third week In
January 81, 139 as compared with earnings cor
responding week, 1886
L. 81 Berlin yesterday received the appoint
ment of supervisor of subdivision No. Z, on the
Pttsburg. Fl. Wayne & Chicago railway. with
headquarters at Valparaiso in place OF D. II.
Sirnons
Representatives of the Baltimore Sc Ohio Ex-
press Company were in the city yesterday look
ing for a room to open Office here on the lst
Il 4 d. system.
Thos Somerville. traffic manager of the Mar
tinsville division Of the c., l., St l.. & c.. with
his numerous kindred, On the It'll of this month
goes to Sunman, Ind, to attend the golden we'd
ding of his parents
The St Louis, vandalia & Terre Haute, which
is leased to the Pennsylvania shows net earn
ings for the year of $467 49, against $3.50 1868
last year The surplus after all charges is $72,-
708, against $40, 407 in 1885.
The Lafayette car works were yesterday
awarded the contract to build 400 box-cars,
40, 900 pounds capacity equipped with the Wag-
ner car door and she Marks coupler, for the st.
Louis, Arkansas q Texas road.
Frank Palmer, who has represented the Wa
bash for sometime at Chicago, and who was re-
SPRINGS to spend couple of weeks. good po-
siton will be open to him on the LIST of March,
which he proposes to accept
Col. Bennett II. Young very emphatically de-
mics the published reports that the L., n. A. q
G. Railroad Company is negotiating for the
Louisville Southern railroad and adds that the
road will not be sold out to any company, but
built and operated in the interest of Louisville
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago shops
have received orders for forty locomotives of the
class rs" pattern, all TO be finished by the end
of the present year, and to be delivered TO the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati 81 ST. Louis and the Cleve-
land & Pittsburg roads, which are operated by
the Pennsylvania Company.
Cincinnati Sandusky & Cleveland stock, :"
eava the Boston Advertiser would sell higher
but for the recollection of the way in which the
l., b. e w. people tried to get around the lease,
and the fear that after preferred stock of the
organized road is issued the old crowd will still
be in control and manage the business to their
own profit"
Tne Missouri and Kansas Livestock Traffic
Association met in st. Louis yesterday after
noon The association is pool comprising the
Missouri Pacific, the st. Louis & San Francisco,
A. IN c. r MA
railroads. 1t was formed in July last. and the
meeting yesterday was for the purpose of max
ing settlements. The meeting was harmonious.
The LeGrande inter-locking signal switch,
which has been in use at the crossing of the
Belt road and the j., M. e. l. tracks for some
which is composed of indianapolis and Louis
vile men, is now to introduce the signal
switcn a. ten different points in the country,
and then let it advertise itself by its good works
The c., H. & d. company has made the fol
lowing statement of the business for the nine
months ending Dec 81, 1885, Earnings, So, 300,
O22; operating expenses. 81 1857 interest on
bonds etc., $49l. 961; taxes, 9,26l: total, ST,
$50, 899 Net income nine months, 1855, 123; less
- dividends, $4,000; surplus, S2l8 123 A quar-
terly diyidsnd OF 2per cent has been declared,
payapN Feb
The Chicago & Northwestern has issued in
book form their freight tariff. 1t is very com
s prehsnsiysi aud Egives tho rate not only ovel
nection with other lines, which would naturally
be connections of the @. & N. w. Were al
roads to adopt this form of publishing theil
tariff the shipper could easily understand wha
rate he would be obliged to pay to any pon
ne proposed to ship which was a connection
of such road.
'The Louisville papers" says the New Albany
Ledger, "are making much out of what they
term a called meeting of the directors of the l..
N A. & G. railway. to be held in New Yorl
next week. and pretend to have explicit infor
mation that this meeting is for the express pur
pose of purchasing the Louisville Southern rail
road. The facts are the meeting is not a called
rSeeting of the directors but the regular annua
meeting of the stockholders of the company TO
the election of directors"
c. M. Favorite, of Armour & Co., and genera
manager of the business, when questioned said
"The statement OF q contract with the Pennsyl
Tauia or any other road out of Chicago at a Gu
rate WAS news to him, and he thought the part,
who telegraphed the story to New York had
most fertile imagination" And added 'Whel
we make private coz Facts in which we are &C
corded rebates or other advantages we don't Civ
the facts out. and those with whom we trade ar
not liable to court the displeasure of other ship
pers by informing them through the papers 0
otherwise that they have granted special favor
to our firm"
y President MiliarA' of the indianapolis car
works, was yesterday notified that the works hat
I been awarded the contract to build 1890 car
for the Atchison, Topeka e. Santa Fe road, 90
g pox cars anu oVV coai CARS ne pox cars are 10
10000 pounds capacity, equipped with the Wayne
rar-door and a number of other modern device
In way of couplers, brakes, ETC. The coalcar
are to be of $4,000 pounds capacity-commencin
with March l. in weekly installments, all to
delivered by Jan. /, 1888. The works now hav
On hand contracts calling for 8 500 cars, whic
will keep them busy through tho year unles
they enlarge their plant, which they have unde
consideration.
II will be cold day, says of the tickle
scalpers who is the brightest one in the bus
ness. when get left He then when on
cay that the interstate commerce bill was just tn
thing the scalpers needed to help them out. Fl
admitted that the passenger agents associs
tons we're njurng their business with tn
tightening of their grip on scalpers, and thi